chiang kai-shek

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   Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)

   SynonymsChiang Chung-cheng

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What does chiang kai-shek mean?

chiang kai-shek means "Chinese military and political figure; in the Chinese civil war that followed World War II he was defeated by the Chinese communists and in 1949 was forced to withdraw to Taiwan where he served as president of Nationalist China until his death (1897-1975)".

What is another word for chiang kai-shek?

Close synonyms include Chiang Chung-cheng. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.